Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Chemicals and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.04%, while the MDAX index lost 0.96%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.76% or 0.216 points to trade at 8.049 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 2.01% or 0.365 points to end at 18.525 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.21% or 0.215 points to 18.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which lost 2.22% or 2.70 points to trade at 118.90 in late trade. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 2.04% or 0.480 points to end at 23.030 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) shed 1.89% or 2.60 points to 134.95.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 1.51% to 73.270, Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was up 1.18% to settle at 37.275 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.05% to close at 17.885.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 4.12% to 96.46 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 3.34% to settle at 36.120 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 2.76% to 33.175 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which rose 1.83% to 30.960, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 1.33% to settle at 6.000 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 1.20% to close at 252.00.
The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 3.91% to 15.625 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.88% to settle at 26.315 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.42% to 64.650 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 477 to 274 and 18 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 11.13% to 13.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.09% or 13.98 to $1296.68 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.91% or 0.43 to hit $47.83 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $49.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1269, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.57.